We cannot bring ourselves to believe it possible that a foreigner should in any respect be wiser than ourselves.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEOne can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.
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Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues.
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After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?…Was ever anything so civil?
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What is there that money will not do?
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Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
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The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
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Let a man be of what side he may in politics, unless he be much more of a partisan than a patriot, he will think it well that there should be some equity of division in the bestowal of crumbs of comfort.
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Don’t let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.
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Is it not remarkable that the common repute which we all give to attorneys in the general is exactly opposite to that which every man gives to his own attorney in particular?
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The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician’s life.
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There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.
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It is singular how little we are inclined to think that others can speak ill-naturedly of us, and how angry and hurt we are when proof reaches us that they have done so.
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When the little dog snarls, the big dog does not connect the snarl with himself, simply fancying that the little dog must be uncomfortable.
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